Boy with a Fawn

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Although this boy’s identity remains a mystery, his portrait endows him with attributes of his family’s position in colonial society. His beautiful embroidered coat indicates wealth and privilege, and the deer behind him is an emblem of longevity and discipline.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art